Projects

The GSoC projects for 2013 will be listed here when selected:

What is GSoC?

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects. We have worked with several open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund several projects over a three month period. Since its inception in 2005, the program has brought together over 4,500 students and more than more than 4,000 mentors & co-mentors from over 85 countries worldwide, all for the love of code. Through Google Summer of Code, accepted student applicants are paired with a mentor or mentors from the participating projects, thus gaining exposure to real-world software development scenarios and the opportunity for employment in areas related to their academic pursuits. In turn, the participating projects are able to more easily identify and bring in new developers. Best of all, more source code is created and released for the use and benefit of all.

Mailing list for student questions

We can have non-code related discussions on this list, and help answer questions about proposal writing.

Discussion of code should be done on the list for the specific project a student is working on.

IRC

We have an IRC channel at #postgresql and you are welcome to answer questions. Our GSoC Admins are: darkixion and agliodbs. Do not DM them without asking first!

You are welcome to ping us in the channel, or ask the channel general questions about a proposal. If you do not find help in the channel, feel free to send an email to pgsql-students@postgresql.org for help.

Proposal Format

Students are responsible for writing a proposal and submitting it to Google before the application deadline. The following outline was adapted from the Perl Foundation open source proposal HOWTO. A strong proposal will include:

Project Title

Name of proposer and email

Synopsis

Benefits to the PostgreSQL Community

Quantifiable results

Project Details

Inch-stones (project broken into small, distinct chunks)

Project Schedule

Completeness Criteria

Bio

Blog

Github

@Twitter

Project Ideas

Project ideas are to be added here.

(Please can we have visibility of ideas on Hackers please to avoid overreaching what is possible in the time, and also working on dubious projects.)